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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Fsjardo, Abril % de 1887.
Sr. d. Ignacio Dfaz Caneja.
Puerto-Rico.
Puerto-Rico.

Mi siempre querido amigo, Don
Ignacio. He leido, mejor dicho,
hemos leido, con Ell mayor conten-
to. las dos cartas, una de ", y la
otra del Presidente de nuestra CO.
lectividad, que en- primer lugar trae
el BoLETIN del 26.
No sabe ", amigo milo, cuanto
nos alegra ell contenido de am
has patri6ticas y geneross- cartas.
Y 70 estimo, que ell paso e aca-
ba de acometer nuestro re etable
Jefe, mas que un acto de atri6ti-
ca emulaci6n, es un acto Q justi-
ola, que Sc debia a V. va 81 digno
cOmpanerO.
Bien, muy bien dice ", cuando
consigna que shay una ley que
iamas deja de cumplirse. -"
Reciba mi mas enthusiastic enho-
rabuena Y un estrechisimo abrazo
de su mas humilde amigo Us. s.
@. B. s. NJ.
Cristobal AndTeu.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
MANIFRSTACIONRS.
Arecibo, 6 Mayo.
Ubarri.

Incondicionales Camuy regoci-
jados felicitan v. g., y Sc fe-
licitan por actitud cordial adopta-
da su carta al BOLETIN.
Brasi.- FernGndes.-Jesus.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Yabucos, Abril % de 1887.
Sr. D. Ignacio d. Oaneja.
Capital.

Mi estimado y distinguido amir
70: Grande era mi satisfaction al
ieer en- el BoLETIN, que tan digna-
mente dirige ", los articulos que
viene publicando, pero esta salts
-ihn ha sido mucho mas grande
- la carta que le dirige
Tefe y su contes-
mio, que
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Anasco, 6 Mayo.
Ubarri.

A nombre correligionarios, felici'
tamos & V. por carta BOLETlN.
Laurnaga.-Dfes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Yabucoa, 5 Mayo 1887.
Excmo. Sr. D. Pablo Ubarri.

Muy sefor milo Y dueno: Aun-
que parezca insignificante mi ma
nifestaci6n, quiero tambi6n tener Ell
gusto de felicitar a V. 3. por su
manifestation putlicada en- el BO-
LET1N, que demuestra la buena ar
monia con nuestras ideas y con las
del Director de dicho peri6dico. que
ejerce las mismas..
Sfrvase, pues, admitir 10 EXPIRE
sado por su leal amigo y correligio-
mario @. B. s. M.
Jose r. Aguayo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Yabucoa, Mayo 5 de 1887.

1&UuCUH, M0yV y uo 4OOa'
Sr. Director del BoLETIN MER.
CANTM.
Muy seiior milo y due6o: Cu6n-
teme usted en- el nhmerO de sus
adniradores Y correligionarios, y
como tai lA envio mi mas cordial
felicitaci6n por sus artlculos, en- ar
mon1a con nuestras ideas y princi-
palmente con las de nuestro Jefe
el senior Ubarri.
Con tai motive, reitero a V. mi
sincera amistad y repetirle que soy
,su mas atento amigo y 8. s.
9. B. s. M.
Jose r. Aguayo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Anasco, 6 Mayo.
Dfaz Oaneja.

A nombre correligionarios, felici-
tamos q v. por contestaci6n carta
Ubarri.
LaMrnaga.-Dtes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Excmo. Sr. d. Pablo Ubarri.

Rio-grande, 10 de Mayo 1887.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08

Sr. Director del BoLET1N MER-
CANTIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-05-08
Francisco Garcia q Garcia.
Patillas, % de Abril de 1887.
Sr. D. Ignacio Diaz Caneja.
Puerto Rico.

Mi estimado amigo Y correligio-
mario: He leido con indecible sa.
tisfacci6n la importantisima carta
de nuestro querldo y digno Jefe 81
Excmo. Sr,'~Q Pablo Ubarri, cuyos
conceptos son consagrados a V. tan
merecidamente por su brillante y
dignisima actitud en- defensa de los
sanos principles de nuestra causa
Digna de V. es SUI contestaci6n
por una Y otra, pues, reciba V. la
mas sincera y cordial felicitaci6n
de su affmo. y s. s. @. B. s. M.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
In a Japanese Theatre.

There are two tiers OF boxes, the lower
OF which is provided with sliding paper
doors, forming small rooms like bathing
machines. The pit is divided by low
cross bars into squares, reminding one of
the cattle pens of old Smithfleld, each
capable OF holding four persons comfort
ably. A japanese family bent upon en-
Joyment engages a compartment for the
day in position suited to the purse--in
the middle of the house if well to do,
nearer to the stage or to the back accord
ing to the scarcity of coin and, having
deposited clogs in the yestiaire, take up a
position with cushions, kettle, tea things,
smoking tray, and never move till mid
night except to pay visits to friends. A
japanese theatrical performance COM
mences generally at early dawn and lasts
dozen hours.
The stage occupies the end of the build
ing from wall to wall. Oddly, the ectors
do not make their appearance from the
side or back there are no wings, but strut
along a narrow platform over the heads of
the pit by means Of Just such boarded
footway as is used by European conjurers
Faithful to the canon of no illusion, the
performers stand ready dressed in an open
place off the entrance lobby, where all
who come in may see them; when they
hear their cue they push through knot
OF loiterers and march to the stage along
the platform, acting as they go. Indeed,
important portions of scene which de-
mands rapid exit are frequently gone
through upon this narrow footway and
not on the stage at all; and the effect is
apt to be unintentionally comic, when
small Tarquin is seen staggering along
under full blown Lucrece, while the
stationary chorus from their distant cor
ner are entreating him to respect her vir-
.-Murray's Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

The body Of j. j. Andrews, leader
of the Union party who captured an
engine at Big Shanty, Ga, in 1862,
was inferred on Sunday in the Ma
tional cemetery ut Chattanooga, be-
side the seven other prisoners who
were captured and hanged By the
Confederates. Andrews body was
originally buried at Atlanta, and his
remains were recognized by the
prisoners chains Buried with him.
The reintermenJ was made by the
Grand Army, with military honors,
after the remains had rested for
twenty five years IN felon's grave.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
A Curious Presentiment.

Mrs. Annie Dean Chopper, half sister of
the once famous Julia Dean, died re-
Gently in Denver. Two weeks before her
death she had a dream in which she saw
her approaching end, saw her body laid
in the coffin, and the scene impressed
itself so vividly upon her mind that she
observed the dress in which she was
clothed. the manner in which her hair
was arranged, and even the ornaments
in her collar, All efforts on the part of
her friends to laugh away this unpleasant
memory were unavailing. She believed
that her hour was approaching, and at
the time she especially charged her
friends that when she died she wanted
to be clothed just as she appeared to her
self in the coffin. Her request was COM
piled with, and the corpse was dressed
for burial and every detail arranged as
she had particularly requested, even to
the position of the head.-C Chicago Tri-
bune. /;
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

It's stated that by the first of the
new year the Pennsylvania Railroad
will have full four-tracked arrange
ment between Philadelphia and New
York in working order. 1t cannot
be great while, either, before there
will be four tracks over the entire
main line between Philadelphia and
Pittsbarg. Much of it has already
been laid, and the work goes con
stantiy and rapidly on. With
Quadruple track Of over 450 miles
from New York to Pittsburg, the
Pennsylvania Railroad will I've I'M
matched by any railway in the
world.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
American Arehitecturs.

American architecture has been charged
with want Of originality or invention, but
this has been by persons who have not
understood the natural limits of original
ity in architectural form. On the con-
trary, we have more originality than we
have known what to do with, and we
have expended it in thousand vagaries.
What our architects have needed has not
been spur to invention or demand for
novelties, but some influence to check
their waywardness and hold them to one
manner of design till their work acquired
consistence and the public got instruc-
ton. And here we lack balance wheel
which most older nations have. The
want Of an old architecture by which the
taste of the intelligent is insensibly
formed means the want Of very i'm
portant guiding infiuence.-W. P. p.
Iongfellow in New Princeton Review.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
The RIson Gona Foreror.

1t is sad thing to say, but the great
American bison is practically gone for
ever. The Pacific railroad, the Sharps
rifle and mans Unsuitable destructiveness
have done their work, and the noblest
ruminant of them all has gone down be-
fore them. The leaden hail of the breech-
loader has swept the millions of buffaloes
from the face of the earth before a single
strong hand has been raised to stop the
merciless slaughter. To look back upon
the buffaloes as they were few years
ago only adds to our regret for their
fate; but it may serve to point moral
very strongly in the direction of our few
remaining elk, deer, antelope and noun
tain sheep. William T. Hornaday in
New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
SELECTIONS.

The first natural gas discovered IN
this state was found by Captain
John Wilson while boring for salt
water in the year 1918, on his farm,
half a mile below Davis creek, on
the Kanawha river. The well con,
tinued discharging a large volume
of gas for u number of years, being
kept lighted by passing pushboats,
by when commerce on the great
Kanawha was then con Quoted.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Answering Business Letters.

Even in this business like age, every
thing is done by system, and not even the
smallest inquiry by mail is supposed to
remain unanswered, there is now and
then found business man who does not
fulfill the duties of correspondent. Such
one was the head of a large agency in
one of our seaboard cities, who had, In
front of his desk, a long row OF pigeon
holes, all of them marked unanswered
letters" and all stuffed full.
why don't you answer those letters?"
visitor asked Of him one day.
"What would be the use?" he an
swered. why, they would only go and
write to me again!'
Another man, a lawyer, was found by
a caller one day sitting in front Of an open
gate, with his elbows on his knees and his
chin on his hands, watching great heap
of letters burning fiercely in the CRATE.
"Why, thought your man said you
were very busy" said the caller.
81 am" said the lawyer.
"What are you busy about?"
Answering my correspondence said
the lawyer, as he pointed to the letters
burning in the CRATE.
1t is worthy of note that the agent who
feared that bis correspondents would
write to him again if he answered their
letters lost his place, while the lawyer
had means of earning an income other
than those attending to the business de-
tails Of his profession. There is no safer
rule that business man can follow than
this: ''See that all your letters are
promptly and politely answered by some
body in your employ if you cannot do it
yourself. youths Companion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Modern Rampart psfsnse.

Gen. Brialmont, the Belgian military
engineer who made great sensation
among military men thirty years and
more ago by an article on Powder
Magazines, " and is the author of a score
of standard works on the science of war,
has eclpsed all his former exploits by
condemning the elaborate Notifications
about Bucharest in Roumania- His
reasons are based upon the destructive
force of the new compound called mel
mite. There is probably nothing in
Europe in the way of Notifications, save
at Metz and Antwerp, that can rival
Bucharest; and if the Belgian general
can be trusted, the whole system of
modern rampant defense must be re-
modelled. Boston Transcript.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

With every advance of migration into the
for West a new demand is created for Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regions
are frequently less salubrious than older set
tied localities, on account OF the miasma
which rises from recently cleared land, par
tculary along the banks OF rivers that are
subject to freshets. The agricultural or min
ing emigrant soon learns, when he does not
already know, that the Bitters afford the only
sure protection against malaria, and those dis
orders of the stomach, liver and bowels, to
which climate changes, exposure. and unac-
customed or unhealthy water or diet subject
him. Consequently. he places an estimate
upon this great household specific and pre-
ventiye commensurate with its intrinsic mer-
its, and is careful to keep on hand a restorative
and promoter of health so implicitly to be
relied upon IN time of need.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Thousands of Unhappy Women.

Women, as rule, are ashamed to let
it be known that they work for money
To employ them assumes quasi charita-
BILE aspect quite detrimental to success,
which very greatly increases the difficult
ties of the position. 1t cannot be too
strongly insisted upon that honest labor,
conscientiously performed, is matter
for pride, and that until all namby PANTY
ideas to the contrary are swept away it
will be impossible to help women in the
battle of life. There are thousands of
unhappy women who are fruitlessly
looking for the same thing-a comforta-
BILE home, good salary and nothing to do.
London Queen.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
The story TELLER of ranrier.

OF course the concourse of people at
tracts the professional amuser, as it would
with US, and the people crowd around the
snake charmers and coniurers and espe-
cially about the story tellers. The story
teller, as he walks up and down good
deal and gesticulates much and violently,
needs room, so the crowd groups itself on
the side of the hill, making a natural
theater, in concentric curves, of squatting
figures. have never seen such attention
as one Of these story tellers was given.
His audience hung on his words When
he suggested pleasing scene, the white
teeth of the listeners all flashed out to-
gether; when he narrowed their feelings,
there was universal scowling and muir
muir; and when finally he made joke,
there was spontaneous and delighted
roar of laughter. Sometimes he would
relapse into rude. at least rude sounding
verse, when he would beat tambourine,
which served the double purpose of mark
ing the rhythm of the chant and attract
ing new hearers. The elimination of the
sport is on the birthday itself. Then
thousands of people gather at the Soho or
market place. This is an open space of
some cxtent-the slope of the hill-at the
lower end of which is the city wall
Taagier Cor. Boston Transcript.
FITS: All Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline s
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise
and $500 trial bottle free to Fit cases.
Send to DR.. Kline. 931 Arch st. Phila. Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

The question is now agitating
Wheeling people, WHAT'S the mat
ter with the natural gas" Often
lately a man goes down in the morn.
ing and finds no breakfast ready,
and the servant girl shivering over
the stove waiting for the gas to
come, and, naturally, kicking: the
nail manufacturer has promised his
customers so many kegs of nails
within a given time, and finds his
mill shut down for want of gas, and
is iustifiably incensed ; the glass
maker, who sees pots of molten ma,
terial cooling Off at critical time,
and liable to be chilled and ruined,
is kicking for cause and, in fact, all
the consumers of the great fuel have
been up in arms for a week or so on
account of these discrepancies in the
supply of gas. While the people who
are still using coal as fuel stand by
and smile, aad rather congratulate
themselves. RumoTs of the cause of
the shortage have been abundant,
and, while many people thought
they knew exactly the cause of
trouble, yet they were inquiring
around to find what the facts were.
Some claim that the gas is giving
out, that they always did say it
wouldn't last any time, while others
said they were sure the supply pipes
from the wells to the city were not
large enough, and that new line
would have to be laid before good
supply could be secured.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Gen. Lees Quiet Rebuke.

While Gen. Lee was president of Wash
ington college, a visitor asked how GER
tain student was getting on.
''He is quiet, orderly young man."
answered the president, "but he seems
very careful not to injure the health of
his fathers son. He got last month only
forty on his Greek, thirty-five on his
mathematics, forty-seven on his Latin,
and fifty on his English, which is a very
low standing, as 100 is our maximum.
Now, I do not want our young men to in
jure their health, but wish them to come
as near it as possible. Youths Com
panion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Prisoners, Peculiar Superstition.

The prisoners in the Jail have peculiar
superstition regarding one of the stones in
the Jail floor. 1t is down on the east side,
and in the morning about exercise hour
the sun falls straight upon it. The super
stitious ones believe that when one of the
men charged with murder steps on that
stone it indicates in some way, supposedly
by change of color, whether the man
will be hung or not. ! have been in
formed that it's sure sign, and that
the indication has never once been found
to be wrong. The negroes believe that
every man at whose step that stone
changed to dark color went out in the
back yard" which means that he was
hurg.-Jailer in Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
SILENCE GAVE CONSENT.
yer once pondered an amorous plea

A lover once pondered an anorous plea
For many day,
Resolved that the tale of his passion should be
Told in a neat way.
The tenderest terms of the language he sought,
And conned them till all were arranged as they
ought.
"Tm perfectly certain what I'll say" he thought,
"Oh, what will she say?"
Yet, strangely enough, when he knelt by her side
It CHANGED to befall
That none Of the eloquent speeches he tried
Would come at his call.
His cowardly tongue could say little, at best,
But his brave eyes said much-and kiss said the
rest
While she only hid her fair face in his breast,
Saying nothing at ALI It'd Bits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
A substitute for silk.

Gelsoline is the name Of a new material
resembling silk. A writer in the Journal
Commercial ct Maritime says of it that
two students in Italy have invented an
apparatus the object Of which is to sub
stitute mulberry fiber for cotton, and
have given it the above name. On re-
moving the bark from the young shoots
Of mulberry trees fiber is found which
in fineness and tenacity is not exceeded by
silk, and the object of the invention is to
treat the bark and isolate the fiber by q
mechanical process. Three English houses
are said to have already made offers to
purchase the entire production emanating
from this novel process. --FranA Leslie's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
western Nocks becoming Thinner.

sit is curious fact" said the mana
ger of wholesale furnishing goods house,
.'that the necks of the western people are
gradually growing smaller. Ten years
ago was in the Office of concern which
made speciality of collars for men. In
stocking up the Chicago house the firm,
whose factory was in the east, had put in
q lot of IS 1-2 collars. For these there
was no sale at all, and the Chicago mana
ger finally wrote to the factory that they
need never more send him any Is IL
collars, as the west had no use for them.
Well, to-day every retail store in town
carries line of Is 1-2 collars, and there
is quite trade in goods of that number. "
Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
Bishop TayIor.s Congo steamer.

Bishop Taylor's Congo steamer win be
lighted by electricity, and will carry
saw mill on board. Hose to squirt hot
water on obstreperous natives Is to be
coiied conveniently on deck. Chicago
Berald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
RuckIen,s Arniea SaIve

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter .Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. -
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton. or money refunded. Price CSC. per
box. For sale by E. G. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

1CcIcilt ilViu NY tldiido sttNt Wolts
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea,
/ rave no more 'gainst time nor fate,
For 10. my own shall come to me.
/ stay my haste, make delays,
For what avails this eager pace!
stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my
face.
Asleep. awake, by night or day,
The friends / seek are seeking me
Nor wind shall drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if stand alone?
| wait with joy the coming years
My heart shall reap where it has soWn,
And gather up its fruits and tears.
The waters know their own and
The brook that springs on yonder
height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.
The flower nodding in the wind
Is ready plighted to the bee;
And, maiden, why that look unkind !!
For 10! thy lover seeketh thee.
The stars come nightly to the sky,
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor
high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HOLpSTEIN'S AROMANNAl

The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, LiUer Blood, and Skin Dis
eases. Is warranted not only to relieve
but to cure the worst cases of Dyspepsia,
and is panacea for all diseases arising
from a disordered condition of the Liver
or Stomach. such as Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Distress after eat
ing, weakness of Kidney or Bladders,
call at A. NJ. GILBERT'S
Drug store and get a bottle. Price 25
and 10. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat
emit Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles, and everything kept in a first
class drug store. jan88
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

Charles B. Brownfield killed his
wife, child, brother in.law and him
self, in Louisville, Ky.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
WORKING CLASSES ATTENTION |

We are now prepared 10 furnish all classes
with employment at home. the whole OF the
time, or for their spare moments. Business
new, light aud profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from 50 cents TO s. 10 per even
ing and proportional sum by devoting oil
their time to the business. Boys and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That all who
see this may send their address, and test The
business, we make this offer. To such as are
not well satisfied we will send one dollar TO
pay for the trouble Of writing. Full particu-
lars and outfit free. Address GEORGE STIN-
SON & Co. Portland Maine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

Disastrous drouths and forest fires
IN Arkansas and sections of Illinois.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
POETRY.
MY OWN SHALL COME.

Serene hold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea,
/ rave no more 'gainst time nor fate,
For 10. my own shall come to me.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12

Hundreds of lives were lost in the
typhoon on the Chinese coast.